" A word is a word is a word. But words have power and in my own profession I have long since learned to regard them with a cautious respect. Part of that power is that of remembrance. A single word can draw one back to another time and another place, as the scent of a flower can resurrect a lost summer from the sepia depths of the past. Other words, though, can chill the heart and take one straight back to an ugly time, a fearful place. My story starts with such a word. "

― Jonathan L. Howard , Exeunt Demon King (Johannes Cabal, #0.75)